PSYC 1001 Study Guide - B. F. Skinner, Abraham Maslow, Sigmund Freud
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The mind and body are separate and distinct. Wilhem wundt : founder of psychology, established first formal laboratory, edward titchener: structuralism was the idea that the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how these elements are related. Structuralists wanted to identify and examine the fundamental components of conscious experiences such as sensations, feelings and images. They explored many things such as perception in hearing, vision and touch. Introspection was the careful systematic observations of one"s own conscious experience. William james: functionalism was based on the belief that psychology should investigate the purpose or function of one"s conscious, rather than its structure. John b watson & bf skinner: behaviourism is the scientific premise of psychology that believed you should only study observable behaviour. Behaviour refers to any overt (observable) response or activity by any organism. Watson asserted that psychologists should study anything that people do or say.
